Choosing Wallpaper for a Screening Room

Screening technology has become increasingly affordable in recent years. This has allowed more and more homeowners to transform rooms into screening areas. These spaces may contain either a large television or movie projector. It is vital that the walls of these areas are decorated in the correct manner. Products from Family Wallpapers could be utilised.

Choosing the Right Seating for a Movie Screening Room

When people decide to create their own room for screening and watching movies, they will likely be mainly focused on the visual and sound systems. However, the furniture will also be very important. The audience will sit on it for the duration of the film. Their enjoyment will be directly influenced by the seating. It

Looking Good While Visiting the Movies

Everyone enjoys a good, exciting movie and a trip to watch the latest film. Undoubtedly, the best place to enjoy this experience is a visit to your local theatre. This can be treated as a great occasion with pre-viewing drinks and an after screen visit to a local restaurant. Going to the movies can be

Decorating a Movie Set Effectively

Filmmaking is a highly collaborative process. In order for a great movie to be made, a vast team needs to work effectively together. There is a wide range of departments involved during production. One of the most important is the set decorator. It is their job to fill the diegetic space with furniture and other

What Makes a Great Movie Actor

Acting is not for everyone; it is for a few chosen people, and that is something we must all appreciate. And while there are many people who call themselves actors, that description could be too big for some of them. That said, it is important to know some of the makings of a good actor

Bring Your Favorite Movies Home With Stylish Poster Frames

Every movie lover has that one or several movies that they identify so strongly with. Such movies hit such a soft spot that movie lovers feel like they speak directly to them. If they could, movie lovers would draw such acts from the screen and make them part of their lives. Now, thanks to an

Horror Movies with a Comedy Twist

One of the most popular movie genres is horror movies. There are many that are avid enthusiasts when it comes to this type of movie. For some though they are just a bit too scary but still have some intrigue to them. For them, they may be content watching a horror movie that has a

How to Enjoy Coffee with Movies

Many movies feature actors drinking coffee in the home or in coffee-bars throughout the world. Some notable examples that feature memorable scenes involving coffee are Goodfellows, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Thor, and Groundhog Day. Have a closer look to find the famous scenes featuring coffee; you may be surprised to see

How is Background Music in Horror Movies Selected?

The importance of music to movies and videos cannot be overstated. Every content creator knows that professional background soundtracks can make or break their project. Music and sounds are at the core of driving emotional responses, even more than the visuals. Given such importance, there are pitfalls and crucial things to consider before landing on

The Art of Enjoying a Movie

Movies are one of the most commonly enjoyed entertainment medium and one of our longest standing technological and artistic advancements. Movies come in a wide variety of genres and can be enjoyed by anyone. If you’re looking for action-packed thrills? There are movies for you. If you’re looking history and culture? There are movies for

Horror Movies

Early Cinema The Germans were the first nation to embrace the horror genre in cinema. Their movies were influenced by the Gothic novels of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley. The set design of early horror films had elements of surrealism. This can be seen predominately in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Nosferatu also stands out

Horror Films of the 1890’s-1920’s

in 1896, George Melies, the so-called French master of illusion, created a film titled The Devil’s castle, also known as the haunted castle in the United States. The short three-minute film opens up with a bat, circling around a creepy room in a castle. It’s in this silent film that were greeted with the skeleton

Famous Horror Movie Soundtracks

Film soundtracks are a thing of the new era, and the best score is normally the one that you don’t notice at all. However, most memorable movie music announces itself and creates an unforgettable link with the film. Who can forget the notes that accompany Jaws, or the trumpets that herald Star Wars? There are

Iconic Horror Movie Props

Horror movies remain one of the most popular genres across all age groups. Great movies understand how to evoke human emotion, but no genre can do it better than horror. Fear is the fastest emotion that we experience and we are able to feel it in safety. Waiting with trepidation and baited breath for the

The Rise Of Horror Movies

Today horror movies are a common fiction genre across movie shops and entertainment venues that offer audiences a platform to watch movies on super screens. The history of these movies dates back to more than a century when movie scriptwriters started to produce works that combined fantasy, fiction, and thrilling scenes. Since then, viewers have

Five Scary Movies that Transformed the Horror Genre

Horror fans are a select bunch. From gore fest fanatics to monster buffs, they can appreciate wildly different things, but what they share is a deep sense of passion for an often dismissed and misunderstood genre. Since the dawn of moving pictures, audiences across the world have been thrilled, frightened, and yes, sometimes even

Nosferatu – The Nightmare Begins

Even though The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari precedes F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, nothing quite captures the true essence of horror like this movie, considere the original vampire film. Released in 1922 and almost lost instantly due to copyright infringement, Nosferatu represents German Expressionism at its best. A master of the field, Murnau desired to bring

Halloween – Shifting Perspectives

Tobe Hooper’s raw 1974 production of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Bob Clark’s hugely underrated Black Christmas, amongst others, laid the foundations for the slasher movie subgenre. This groundwork was set in stone by one of horror’s most successful independent films, John Carpenter’s 1978 sensation Halloween. The Perfect Recipe The director, who has recently

Scream – Reinvention Reigns

The slasher cycle had run its course by the 1990s, giving way to psychological shockers such as The Silence of the Lambs and Jacob’s Ladder. That soon changed with the arrival of Wes Craven’s Scream, which gave the genre a much needed revamp, reviving the industry and giving fans a fresh new focus. Metahorror

The Exorcist – A New Brand of Terror

After the British Hammer heyday of the 1950s and Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful successes, a new and even more terrifying subgenre came to screens to petrify the masses: the occult. Such demon infested productions as Rosemary’s Baby, The Omen and The Amityville Horror influenced the market massively, boasting big budgets and turning impressive profits. The

Ringu – Bringing Japanese Horror to the Masses

Hideo Nakata’s 1998 Ringu set the horror world alight, providing the turning point for East Asian cinema to capture audiences on a global scale. The film’s premise was simple yet the figure of a long haired woman in a white dress has become almost iconic even in the West, owing to Ringu’s defining impact

Ringu – Bringing Japanese Horror to the Masses

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